Virginia's 17th Senate district

Virginia's 17th
State Senate district
Senator
  Emily Jordan
R–Suffolk
Demographics68% White
17% Black
9% Hispanic
2% Asian
3% Other
Population (2019)223,182[1]
Registered voters157,263[2]

Virginia's 17th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Senate of Virginia. It has been represented by Republican Bryce Reeves since his 2011 victory over incumbent Democrat Edd Houck.[3]

Geography

District 17 stretches from Fredericksburg in the east to the suburbs of Charlottesville in Albemarle County in the west, covering all of Orange County and parts of Culpeper County, Louisa County, and Spotsylvania County in between.[3]

The district overlaps with Virginia's 5th and 7th congressional districts, and with the 25th, 28th, 30th, 54th, 55th, 56th, 57th, 58th, and 88th districts of the Virginia House of Delegates.[4]

Recent election results

2019

County and independent city results
  Reeves
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  Laufer
  •   60–70%
2019 Virginia Senate election, District 17[5]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bryce Reeves (incumbent) 6,325 82.3
Republican Rich Breeden 1,359 17.7
Total votes 7,685 100
Democratic Amy Laufer 6,042 78.2
Democratic S. Ben Hixon 1,679 21.7
Total votes 7,722 100
General election
Republican Bryce Reeves (incumbent) 34,494 51.6
Democratic Amy Laufer 32,176 48.1
Total votes 66,878 100
Republican hold

2015

County and independent city results
  Reeves
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Gallaway
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
2015 Virginia Senate election, District 17[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bryce Reeves (incumbent) 24,519 62.1
Democratic Ned Gallaway 14,915 37.8
Total votes 39,487 100
Republican hold

2011

County and independent city results
  Reeves
  •   50–60%
  Houck
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
2011 Virginia Senate election, District 17[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bryce Reeves 22,615 50.2
Democratic Edd Houck (incumbent) 22,389 49.7
Total votes 45,084 100
Republican gain from Democratic

Federal and statewide results

Year Office Results[7][8]
2020 President Biden 49.6–48.6%
2017 Governor Northam 49.4–49.4%
2016 President Trump 49.7–45.1%
2014 Senate Gillespie 53.1–44.2%
2013 Governor Cuccinelli 49.0–44.0%
2012 President Romney 49.5–49.0%
Senate Kaine 50.7–49.3%

Historical results

All election results below took place prior to 2011 redistricting, and thus were under different district lines.

2007

2007 Virginia Senate election, District 17[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Edd Houck (incumbent) 25,178 56.0
Republican Chris Yakabouski 19,754 43.9
Total votes 44,968 100
Democratic hold

2003

2003 Virginia Senate election, District 17[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Edd Houck (incumbent) 21,324 59.2
Republican Robert Stuber 14,640 40.7
Total votes 35,991 100
Democratic hold

1999

1999 Virginia Senate election, District 17[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Edd Houck (incumbent) 27,605 60.1
Republican Andrew Sheridan 18,334 39.9
Total votes 45,953 100
Democratic hold

1995

1995 Virginia Senate election, District 17[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Edd Houck (incumbent) 25,162 53.4
Republican J. Russ Moulton, Jr. 21,930 46.6
Total votes 47,099 100
Democratic hold

References

  1. ^ "State Senate District 17, VA". Census Reporter. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
  2. ^ "Registrant Counts by District Type" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Elections. February 1, 2021. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Bryce E. Reeves". Senate of Virginia. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
  4. ^ David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
  5. ^ "Virginia State Senate District 17". Ballotpedia. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  6. ^ a b c d e f "Elections Database". Virginia Board of Elections. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
  7. ^ "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
  8. ^ "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. Retrieved June 5, 2021.